Actuating device for fare-registers.



J. H. TOWLE.

AGTUATING DEVICE FOR. FARE REGISTERS. APPLICATION FILED M1127, 1911.

1,067,156. Patented July 8,1913.

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J. H. TOWLE. AOTUATING DEVICE FOR FARE REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1911.

1,067,156. Patented July 8,1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. TOWLE, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OI-IMER FAREREGISTER-COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

ACTUATING DEVICE FOR FARE-REGISTERS.

To all whom 2'75 may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. TowLn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Actuating Devices for Fare-Registers; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in means foractuating the setting and operating devices of a. multiple fare registersuch as are described and lllllS- trated in many of the prior patentscontrolled by the Ohmer Fare Register Company, one of which is No.718,867 granted January 20, 1898.

The object of the invention is to provide a single manually operatedmember with individual connections between it and the setting andoperating mechanisms of amultiple fare register, whereby the registersmay be selected or set and operated by a single primary member more orless remote from the machine.

A more particular description of the said improvements will be given inconnection with the accompanying drawings,of which- Figure 1 is atransverse sectional elevation of a car showing a fare registersupported on the interior of the front of the car with my improvementsinstalled in connection therewith. Fig. 9 is an enlarged verticalsection on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional viewon the line 7) b of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 0 c ofFig. 2.

In the particular description of the invention, and in the annexeddrawings, the same reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

The mechanism located in the casing 1 is that peculiar to the multiplefare registers hereinbefore mentioned. Briefly stated it consists of aseries of registers otherwise termed counters, upon which the fares ofdifferent values are registered, a setting device 2 shown briefly inbroken lines in Fig. 1, individual indicators 3 cooperating with saidSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 27, 1911.

Patented July 8, 1913.

Serial No. 623,679.

registers, and total trip indicating counters 4. All of the foregoingdevices are located within the casing. Extending out of the casing froma connection with the setting device, is an endless chain or member 5 bymeans of which the setting device is shifted in proximity to anyregister which is to be actuated to count the.successivefares. Alsoextending out of the rear of the casing and connected with the operatingmechanism. of the machine, is a connecting member or rod 6 attached to abell crank lever 7.

Extending vertically from the floor of the car and at any desirablepoint from which it may be required to perform the operations, is atubular standard 8 which reaches to a point in the car approximately inline with the bottom of the casing. The height of the said tubularmember is not, however, of vital importance, provided the device lyingtherein is sutliciently inclosed. The ends of said tubular member aresecured by a base socket member 9 and a suitable clamp 10. At anintermediate point thereof is placed a housing 11 to which the adjacentends of saidv tubular member are connected. The top 12 of the saidhousing is of larger segmental area in. order to provide suitable spacein which to place various indications 13 which denote the specific farevalues of each of the registers within the machine. On the inner side ofthis row of fare indications is a segmental slot 14 of suitable widthand length. The front wall of the housing is provided with a slot 15 ofsubstantially the same length. A lever 16 is located within said housingand extending through said slot 15 and provided with a hand grip 17.This lever has a horizontal movement in an arc corresponding to thelength of the slots 14 and 15, and a vertical movement on the pivot 18.The pivot 18 forms the connection between the lower end of a shaft 19,which is inclosed within the upper portion of the tubular member 8. Thebody of said lever is connected with a rod or pitman 20, such connectionbeing effected through the slot 1 1 in the top of the housing. 1

From the above description it will be apparent that an oscillatingmovement may be imparted to the shaft 19. During this movement noappreciable resistance is offered by the rod 20, owing to the latterbeing carried by the lever through the slot 14:.

The front wall. of the housing is in the form of a grid, with variousguide spaces 23 in alinement with the fare indications on the top ofsaid housing. The lever 16 may be lowered upon its pivot 18 into any ofthese spaces, as shown by the broken lines in Fig. 2, and thus impart alongitudinal movement to the rod 20.

Describing the operating lever 16 more particularly, it, consists of twoparts, one of which supports the handle 17. This part is provided with astem 16, which is inserted into a corresponding socket in the innerportion of the lever. Extended downwardly from the lower side of thesaid. inner portion is a piece 21 having a recess in which is containeda spring-pressed plunger or bolt 22. The upper end of said bolt istapered on opposite sides, and enters a corresponding recess in thelower side of the stem 16. In order to remove the handle portion of thelever from one point of the car to another, it may be pulled out andthus be disengaged from the lever proper. The connection between the twosections of the lever is suflicient to keep them together under theusual or normal operations, which, as we have seen, is that of impartingan oscillating movement to the shaft 19 and a longitudinal movement tothe connecting rod 20. The former movement, to wit, that of the shaft19, is a setting movement; and the latter, to wit, that of the rod 20 isan operating movement.

The upper end of the shaft 19 carries a miter gear 23 which is in meshwith a simi lar gear 24: on a short shaft 25. On the latter shaft is achain wheel 26, around which the endless connection 5 passes. As beforestated, this connection 5 is attached to the setting device 2 within themachine, which determines, through the movement of the lever and theindicator 12, what particular register shall be operated. The registerbeing thus selected, is operated by the depression of saidlever, whichin turn operates: the rod 20. The latter member is connected at itsupper end to one arm of the bell-crank lever 7.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In an operating and setting mechanism for fare registers, anoscillating member, a reciprocating member, and an actuating memberhaving two pivotal movements in different directions for operating saidmembers, of a tubular member inclosing said oscillating member, andahousing connected to said tubular member receiving said ac tuatingmember and provided with an in dicator adapted to cooperate with saidactuating member.

2. In an operating and setting mechanism for fare registers, anoscillating member, a reciprocating member, and an actuating memberhaving two pivotal movements in different directions for operating saidmembers, of a tubular member inclosing said oscillating member, and ahousing connected to said tubular member receiving said actuating memberand provided with guides and an indicator which cooperate with saidactuating member.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. TOVVLE.

Witnesses MATTHEW SmBLnn, R. J. MOCARTY.

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